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            Import ALOS-2 PALSAR&nbsp;</td>


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<h3>Import ALOS-2 Product</h3>

<p class="MsoNormal">Advanced Land Observing Satellite 2 (ALOS 2) is <span style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; color: black; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;">a Japanese Earth-observation satellite, developed
by JAXA.</span></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Operational: </b>2014-05-14
to present</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Frequency Band:</b>
L-band</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Acquisition Modes: </b>Stripmap,
ScanSAR, Spotlight</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Product Types: </b>L1.1
(SLC), L1.5 (GRD), L2.1 (terrain corrected), L3.1 (Image quality-corrected)</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Polarizations: </b>Single
Pol (HH), Dual Pol and<b style=""> </b>Full Pol
(HH+HV+VV+VH)</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Opening products:</b>
Products can be opened by selecting the Volume file. Opening zipped products
(*.zip) directly is also supported.</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Special
Considerations:</b> Products can be ordered in CEOS and GeoTiff formats.</p>


<p class="MsoNormal">For InSAR processing, SLC products in CEOS format should be
ordered.</p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Further Information: </b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/index.htm">https://www.eorc.jaxa.jp/ALOS/en/index.htm</a><b style=""></b></p>


<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos-2">https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/a/alos-2</a></p>


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